The EF85mm f/1.4L IS USM utilizes a high-precision glass molded aspherical lens that realizes excellent sharpness from the center of the image to the periphery and employs Canon’s proprietary ASC (Air Sphere Coating), which greatly reduces the occurrence of flaring and ghosting, to achieve superb rendering performance. What’s more, the fast f/1.4 aperture makes possible the capture of high-quality stills and video with exquisite background bokeh effects, even in such low-light scenarios as shooting at night or indoors.

While employing a large f/1.4 diameter, the lens achieves image stabilization equivalent to approximately four shutter-speed stops¹ that makes possible image capture with reduced camera shake, even in low-light environments. What’s more, this image stabilization can be achieved in a compact, lightweight design thanks to improvements to the lens’s overall mechanical structure. This medium-telephoto lens with excellent handling makes possible handheld shooting at a comfortable distance from the subject and supports a wide range of shooting scenarios—particularly blurred-background portrait shooting.

1 At a focal length of 85 mm when using the EOS-1D X Mark II. Based on CIPA standards.